Brocade 6520 Hardware Reference Manual - Manual (Page 31)

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LED activity interpretation
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Ethernet
Speed (green) No light Port speed is 10 Mbps. No action required.
Steady green Port speed is 100 or 1000
Mbps. No action required.
Ethernet
Activity/Link
(green) No light There is no link. Verify that the Ethernet cable is
connected correctly.
Steady green There is a link. No action required.
Blinking green There is link activity (traffic). No action required.
Optical media
port status
(one bi-color
LED for each
FC port) Off There is no light or signal carrier
(module or cable). Verify that the transceiver is installed
correctly and that the cable is
connected correctly.
Steady amber The port is receiving light or
carrier, but is not online. No action required.
Slow blinking amber
(2 sec) The port is disabled (by
diagnostics or by portDisable
command). Verify that the diagnostic tests are not
being run. Re-enable the port using the
portEnable command.
Fast blinking amber
(1/2 sec) The port has failed. Check the management interface and
the error log for details on the cause of
the failure. Contact Technical Support
if necessary.
Steady green The port is online. No action required.
Slow blinking green
(2 sec) The port is online but is
segmented (loopback cable or
incompatible switch). Check the firmware level of the
attached switch.
Fast blinking green
(1/2 sec) There is an internal loopback
(diagnostic). No action required.
Flickering green The port is online and frames
are flowing through the port. No action required.
TABLE 7 Port side LED patterns during normal operation (Continued)
LED name LED color Status of hardware Recommended action